Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina State University Sports Information Records, 1946-2005

Collection Number UA 015.010

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Collection Information
Abstract:

Contains subject files and news releases on the various athletic teams of NCSU.

Athletics began officially at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts on March 2, 1892 at what is today Raleigh's Pullen Park, when a football team made up of students at the college defeated the Raleigh Male Academy, a local high school, by the score 12-6. That fall, the team scrimmaged for the first time against the second teams of area colleges. After losing badly to the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest, the football team decided that they lacked the funds necessary to compete on an equal level with other colleges and universities. Therefore, they petitioned the college Board of Trustees for fifty dollars to finance travel and team equipment. With this request, the faculty and trustees of the college first became involved with intercollegiate athletics. After the board made the decision to grant the team the requested funds in 1893, North Carolina A&M played its first formal (non-scrimmage game) that fall against the University of North Carolina second team, to which it lost, 22-0. Football remained the most popular sport at the college throughout its first decades of intercollegiate athletics. Its first on-campus game was played in 1907 at the athletic field that would become Riddick Stadium. That same year, North Carolina A&M won the Southern Intercollegiate Association championship, with six wins and one tie. The baseball team, which had played its first official game in 1894 against Guilford College, won its first state championship also in 1907. Four years later, the school played its first official basketball games against Wake Forest, with North Carolina A&M's home game played in the Pullen Hall auditorium.

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Encoded by
Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 March 10
Finding aid updated by
Cate Putirskis, 2008 May

Descriptive Summary

Repository

North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center

Creator

North Carolina State University. Department of Athletics

Title

North Carolina State University Sports Information Records, 1946-2005

Call Number

UA 015.010

Extent

82.5 linear feet, 165 archival boxes

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Language of Material

English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the Athletics Department.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University Sports Information Records, UA 015.010, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Proccessing Information

Processed by Special Collections Staff

Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 March 10

Finding aid updated by Cate Putirskis, 2008 May

Historical Note


Athletics began officially at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts on March 2, 1892 at what is today Raleigh's Pullen Park, when a football team made up of students at the college defeated the Raleigh Male Academy, a local high school, by the score 12-6. That fall, the team scrimmaged for the first time against the second teams of area colleges. After losing badly to the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest, the football team decided that they lacked the funds necessary to compete on an equal level with other colleges and universities. Therefore, they petitioned the college Board of Trustees for fifty dollars to finance travel and team equipment. With this request, the faculty and trustees of the college first became involved with intercollegiate athletics. After the board made the decision to grant the team the requested funds in 1893, North Carolina A&M played its first formal (non-scrimmage game) that fall against the University of North Carolina second team, to which it lost, 22-0.

Football remained the most popular sport at the college throughout its first decades of intercollegiate athletics. Its first on-campus game was played in 1907 at the athletic field that would become Riddick Stadium. That same year, North Carolina A&M won the Southern Intercollegiate Association championship, with six wins and one tie. The baseball team, which had played its first official game in 1894 against Guilford College, won its first state championship also in 1907. Four years later, the school played its first official basketball games against Wake Forest, with North Carolina A&M's home game played in the Pullen Hall auditorium.

Until 1921, all teams used the nickname "Red Terrors." In 1921, the NC State football team began using the name "Wolfpack," which by 1947 had spread to all other athletic teams as well. Also in 1921, NC State became a charter member of the Southern Intercollegiate Conference, which also included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (later Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (later Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Mississippi A&M (later Mississippi State), North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Lee, and Virginia Tech. In 1923, the conference changed its name to the Southern Conference. NC State remained in the Southern Conference until 1953, when along with Duke, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Wake Forest, and Clemson, it withdrew to form the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The racial integration of athletics at NC State began in 1957, when Manuel Crockett and Irwin Holmes joined the track team. The integration of "major" sports, however, did not begin until 1969, when Clyde Chesney became the first African American football player. In 1973, basketball player David Thompson was the first African American athlete to be named All-American in any sport.

In 1974, the first women's athletic team began play, in basketball, and the following year, women's softball and volleyball were introduced. Susan Yow, on the basketball team, became the first woman All-American in any sport, in 1976. Currently, in 2006, NC State has eleven men's and eleven women's varsity athletic teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which consists of twelve colleges and universities in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Florida.

Scope and Content Note


Statistics, newsclippings, scrapbooks, rosters, questionnaires, programs, and media guides organized alphabetically by sport. Sports include: baseball (1927-1976), basketball (1911-2001), cross country (1949-1979), fencing (1965-1979), football (1910-2005), golf (1948-1980), gymnastics (1976-1986) lacrosse (1972-1982), rifle (1961-1980), soccer (1955-1980), swimming (1955-1980), tennis (1949-1980), track (1903-1981), various sports (1917-1985) wrestling (1955-1980), and women's sports (1975-1997). Also contains official press releases for all sports events and athletic teams, arranged chronologically.

Organization of the Collection


Materials are arranged into two series: Series 1: Subject files and Series 2: News releases.

Online Catalog Terms


The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Topics

  • Athletics--North Carolina.
  • Baseball--North Carolina.
  • Basketball--North Carolina.
  • College athletes.
  • College sports.
  • Football--North Carolina.
  • Sports records.

Detailed Description of the Collection


  • Series 1: Subject files, 1946-2005

    • Baseball, 1948-1961 [UA 015.010 Box 1]
    • Baseball, 1962-1963 [UA 015.010 Box 2]
    • Baseball, 1963-1965 [UA 015.010 Box 3]
    • Baseball (College World Series), 1966-1968 [UA 015.010 Box 4]
    • Baseball, 1968-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 5]
    • Baseball, 1972-1974 [UA 015.010 Box 6]
    • Baseball, 1975-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 7]
    • Baseball Scorepads, 1961-1964 [UA 015.010 Box 8]
    • Basketball, Media Guides and Programs, 1936-1957 [UA 015.010 Box 9]
    • Basketball, 1957-1962 [UA 015.010 Box 10]
    • Basketball, 1962-1967 [UA 015.010 Box 11.1]
    • Women's Basketball Media Guides, 2002-2003 [UA 015.010 Box 11.2]
    • Basketball, 1967-1971 [UA 015.010 Box 12]
    • Basketball, 1971-1975 [UA 015.010 Box 13]
    • Basketball, 1975-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 14]
    • Basketball, 1976-1981 [UA 015.010 Box 15]
    • Basketball, Committees History J.V.H. Writings, 1981-1984 [UA 015.010 Box 16]
    • Basketball, Programs and Media Guides, 1984-1988 [UA 015.010 Box 17]
    • Basketball, Programs and Media Guides, 1989-1991 [UA 015.010 Box 18]
    • Basketball, Programs and Media Guides, 1991- [UA 015.010 Box 19]
    • Basketball, Preseason Prospectus, 2000-2001 [UA 015.010 Box 165]
    • Dixie Classic [UA 015.010 Box 20]
    • Publications, 1967-1975 (Mostly Sports Illustrated) [UA 015.010 Box 21]
    • Basketball, Misc., 1949-1983 [UA 015.010 Box 22]
    • Basketball Newsclippings, 1949-1953 [UA 015.010 Box 23]
    • Clippings: Poulton/Basketball/Valvano, unprocessed [UA 015.010 Box 24]
    • Basketball, Vertical File [UA 015.010 Box 25]
    • Scrapbook, Basketball, 1946-1948 [OVERSIZE] [UA 015.010 Box 26]
    • Scrapbook, NCSU Basketball Team and Republic of Philippines National Basketball Team, Aug. 10-13, 1974 [OVERSIZE] [UA 015.010 Box 27]
    • Scrapbook, Basketball, 1971-1972 [Oversize] [UA 015.010 Box 28]
    • Basketball: "NC State Basketball" commemorative publication, circa 1987 [UA 015.010 Oversize Box 26]
    • Basketball, Newsclippings and Statistics, 1947-1948 [UA 015.010 Box 29]
    • Basketball: Scores, 1911-1917 [UA 015.010 Box 30]
    • Statistics, 1946-1950 [UA 015.010 Box 30]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1951-1953 [UA 015.010 Box 31]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1953-1956 [UA 015.010 Box 32]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1955-1956 Season [UA 015.010 Box 33]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1956 [UA 015.010 Box 34]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1957-1958 [UA 015.010 Box 35]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1958-1959 [UA 015.010 Box 36]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1959-1960 [UA 015.010 Box 37]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1960-1961 [UA 015.010 Box 38]
    • Basketball: Dixie Classic, 1949-1960; Statistics 1960 [UA 015.010 Box 39]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1961-1962 [UA 015.010 Box 40]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1961-1962, 1962-1963 [UA 015.010 Box 41]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1962-1963 [UA 015.010 Box 42]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1962-1963, 1963-1964 [UA 015.010 Box 43]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1963-1964, 1964-1965, 1965-1966 [UA 015.010 Box 44]
    • Basketball, Miscellaneous Statistics, 1967-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 45]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1970-1971 [UA 015.010 Box 46]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1971-1972 [UA 015.010 Box 47]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1971-1972, 1972-1973 [UA 015.010 Box 48]
    • Basketball, Statistics and Clippings, 1972-1973 [UA 015.010 Box 49]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1972-1973 [UA 015.010 Box 50]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1975-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 51]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1975-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 52]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1975-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 53]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1976-1977 [UA 015.010 Box 54]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1976-1977 [UA 015.010 Box 55]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1976-1977 [UA 015.010 Box 56]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1976-1977 [UA 015.010 Box 57]
    • Basketball, Statistics, 1953-1979 [UA 015.010 Box 58]
    • Cross Country, 1949-1972 [UA 015.010 Box 59]
    • Cross Country, 1973-1979 [UA 015.010 Box 60]
    • Fencing, 1965-1969, 1972-1979 [UA 015.010 Box 61]
    • Football, 1909-1947 [UA 015.010 Box 62]
    • Football, 1948-1949 [UA 015.010 Box 63]
    • Football, 1950-1956 [UA 015.010 Box 64]
    • Football, 1957-1961 [UA 015.010 Box 65]
    • Football, 1962-1964 [UA 015.010 Box 66]
    • Football, 1965-1966 [UA 015.010 Box 67]
    • Football, 1967-1971 [UA 015.010 Box 68]
    • Football, 1972-1974 [UA 015.010 Box 69]
    • Football, 1975-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 70]
    • Football, 1977 [UA 015.010 Box 71]
    • Football Programs, 1996 [Oversize] [UA 015.010 Box 72]
    • Football, 1978-September 1979 [UA 015.010 Box 73]
    • Football, Oct. 1979 - Sept. 1981 [UA 015.010 Box 74]
    • Football, Oct. 1981 - 1985 [UA 015.010 Box 75]
    • Football Programs, 1986-1988 [UA 015.010 Box 76]
    • Football Programs, 1988-1991 [UA 015.010 Box 77]
    • Football Programs, 1992-1998 [UA 015.010 Box 78.1]
    • Football Program Media Guides, 2000-2001
      unprocessed       		[UA 015.010 Box 78.2]
    • Football, Media Guide, 2005 [UA 015.010 Box 165]
    • Football Statistics, 1946-1954 [UA 015.010 Box 79]
    • Football Statistics, 1955-1956 [UA 015.010 Box 80]
    • Football Statistics, 1956-1957 [UA 015.010 Box 81]
    • Football Statistics, 1958-1959 [UA 015.010 Box 82]
    • Football, 1959-1960 [UA 015.010 Box 83]
    • Football, Game by Game, 1960 [UA 015.010 Box 84]
    • Football, 1961 [UA 015.010 Box 85]
    • Football, 1962 (through Oct. 27) [UA 015.010 Box 86]
    • Football, Nov. 3, 1962 - Sept. 28, 1963 [UA 015.010 Box 87]
    • Football, Oct. 5 ,1963 - 1964 [UA 015.010 Box 88]
    • Football, 1964 (to Oct. 24) [UA 015.010 Box 89]
    • Football, Oct. 10, 1964 - 1965 [UA 015.010 Box 90]
    • Football, 1965 [UA 015.010 Box 91]
    • Football, 1966 [UA 015.010 Box 92]
    • Football, 1966 [UA 015.010 Box 93]
    • Football, 1966 [UA 015.010 Box 94]
    • Football, 1967 [UA 015.010 Box 95]
    • Football, 1967-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 96]
    • Football, 1970-1973 [UA 015.010 Box 97]
    • Football, 1974-1975 [UA 015.010 Box 98]
    • Football, 1974-1984 [UA 015.010 Box 99]
    • Football, 1975-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 100]
    • Football, 1977,
      Includes Box 102 1927 Football Scrapbook       		[UA 015.010 Box 101]
    • Football, Misc., 1939-1972 [UA 015.010 Box 103]
    • Golf, 1948-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 104]
    • Golf, 1970-1976 [UA 015.010 Box 105]
    • Golf, 1976-1983 [UA 015.010 Box 106]
    • Gymnastics, 1976-1986 [UA 015.010 Box 107]
    • LaCrosse [UA 015.010 Box 108]
    • Rifle, 1961-1980 [UA 015.010 Box 109]
    • Soccer, 1965-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 110]
    • Soccer, 1971-1980 [UA 015.010 Box 111]
    • Swimming, 1955-1962 [UA 015.010 Box 112]
    • Swimming, 1962-1965 [UA 015.010 Box 113]
    • Swimming, 1966-1967 [UA 015.010 Box 114]
    • Swimming, 1968-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 115]
    • Swimming, 1971-1973 [UA 015.010 Box 116]
    • Swimming, 1973-1975 [UA 015.010 Box 117]
    • Swimming, 1975-1978 [UA 015.010 Box 118]
    • Swimming, 1978-1980 [UA 015.010 Box 119]
    • Swimming, 1949-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 120]
    • Tennis, 1972-1979 [UA 015.010 Box 121]
    • Tennis, 1980 [UA 015.010 Box 122]
    • Track, 1903-1964 [UA 015.010 Box 123]
    • Track, 1964-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 124]
    • Track: Indoor, 1972-1980; Track and Field, 1980; Outdoor, 1972 [UA 015.010 Box 125]
    • Track, Outdoor, 1973-1975 [UA 015.010 Box 126]
    • Track: Track and Field, 1979; Outdoor, 1976-1978; Questionnaires, 1978-1981 [UA 015.010 Box 127]
    • Wrestling, 1955-1965 [UA 015.010 Box 128]
    • Wrestling, 1965-1969 [UA 015.010 Box 129]
    • Wrestling, 1970-1975 [UA 015.010 Box 130]
    • Wrestling, 1975-1979 [UA 015.010 Box 131]
    • Wrestling, 1979-1980 [UA 015.010 Box 132]
    • Misc. Football and Basketball, Football History, "Runt" Faucette [UA 015.010 Box 133]
    • All Sports, Schedules, Brochures, etc., 1936- [UA 015.010 Box 134]
    • Baseball - Soccer, 1936- [UA 015.010 Box 135]
    • Swimming - Wrestling, Schedules, Brochures, etc. [UA 015.010 Box 136]
    • Minor Sports: Fencing - Wrestling, 1952-1983 [UA 015.010 Box 137]
    • Scopepads, Various Sports, late 1950s [UA 015.010 Box 138]
    • Basketball, 1966-1967, 1975 [UA 015.010 Box 139]
    • Minor Sports, 1980-1981 [UA 015.010 Box 140]
    • Minor Sports: Tennis-Wrestling, 1960s-1970s [UA 015.010 Box 141]
    • Minor Sports: Cross Country-Wrestling, 1981-1983 [UA 015.010 Box 142]
    • Minor Sports: Cross Country-Swimming, Football, 1960s-1970s [UA 015.010 Box 143]
    • Golf, 1983-1987 [UA 015.010 Box 144]
    • Women's Sports, 1975- [UA 015.010 Box 145]
    • Women's Sports, 1977-1997 [UA 015.010 Box 146]
    • Questionnaires , 1950s [UA 015.010 Box 147]
    • Miscellaneous, 1989-1998 [UA 015.010 Box 147]
    • Scrapbook, 1971-1972 [UA 015.010 Box 148]
    • Women's Soccer, Media Guides, 2000-2001 [UA 015.010 Box 149]
    • Media Guides: NCAA and ACC Basketball Tournaments, Football, 2003-2004 [UA 015.010 Box 150]
    • Women's Basketball, 1998-2000; Kay Yow's 25 Years, 2000 [UA 015.010 Box 151]

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  • Series 2: News releases, 1957-1987


    Contains news releases issued by the Athletics Department relating to the various sporting events, tournaments, accomplishments, etc. of NCSU's various athletic teams from 1957 to 1987.

    • News releases, 1957-1963
      UA 15.3.1       		[UA 015.010 Box 152]
    • News releases, 1963-1966
      UA 15.3.2       		[UA 015.010 Box 153]
    • News releases, 1966-1969
      UA 15.3.3       		[UA 015.010 Box 154]
    • News releases, Fall 1969-Mid-March 1972
      UA 15.3.3       		[UA 015.010 Box 155]
    • News releases, Late March 1972-Nov. 1974
      UA 15.3.4       		[UA 015.010 Box 156]
    • News releases, Dec. 1974-1977
      UA 15.3.5       		[UA 015.010 Box 157]
    • News releases, 1978-1980
      UA 15.3.6       		[UA 015.010 Box 158]
    • News releases, 1978-1980
      UA 15.3.7       		[UA 015.010 Box 159]
    • News releases, 1981-1983
      UA 15.3.8       		[UA 015.010 Box 160]
    • News releases, 1984-Oct. 1987
      UA 15.3.9       		[UA 015.010 Box 161]
    • News releases, Nov. 1987-
      UA 15.3.10       		[UA 015.010 Box 162]
    • News releases, 1985-1992
      UA 15.3.11       		[UA 015.010 Box 163]
    • News releases, 1990-1996
      UA 15.3.12       		[UA 015.010 Box 164]

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